# Oreostemma

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***Oreostemma*** is a genus of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) in the family [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae).[1] Species are found in western [North America](/source/North_America), with two [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [California](/source/California).[2][3][4][5][6][7]

**Species[8][9]**

- *[Oreostemma alpigenum](/source/Oreostemma_alpigenum)* (Tundra aster) — [California](/source/California), [Nevada](/source/Nevada), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)), [Idaho](/source/Idaho), [Montana](/source/Montana), [Wyoming](/source/Wyoming)
- *[Oreostemma elatum](/source/Oreostemma_elatum)* (Plumas alpine aster) — [Sierra Nevada](/source/Sierra_Nevada), California [10][11]
- *[Oreostemma peirsonii](/source/Oreostemma_peirsonii)* (Peirson's aster) — endemic to [California](/source/California), in the southern Sierra Nevada.[12]

## References

1. [Nesom, Guy L. 1993. The genus *Oreostemma* (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytologia 74(4): 305–316](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13065378#page/35/mode/1up)

1. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. ["Details for: Astereae"](http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=131772&PTRefFk=7000000). *Euro+Med PlantBase*. [Freie Universität Berlin](/source/Free_University_of_Berlin). Retrieved 2009-07-18.

1. National Herbarium of New South Wales. ["Genus *Kippistia*"](http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Kippistia). *New South Wales FloraOnline*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Sydney). Retrieved 2009-07-18.

1. ["*Polyarrhena* Cass."](http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=3041). *African Plants Database*. [South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève](/source/Natural_History_Museum_of_Geneva) and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2009-07-18.

1. Cronquist, A. 1948. A revision of the *Oreastrum* group of *Aster*. Leaflets of Western Botany 5: 73–82.

1. Nesom, G. L. 1993. The genus *Oreostemma* (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytologia 74: 305–316.

1. [Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist](https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch)

1. [Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps](http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Oreostemma)

1. [Calflora database: *Oreostemma elatum*](http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Oreostemma+elatum)

1. [Jepson: *Oreostemma elatum*](http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=80207)

1. [Jepson: *Oreostemma peirsonii*](http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=80346)

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